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Catalog Number: ADG006Author: Andrew D. GordonPublisher: ADG ProductionsThe description below is for the PDF and audio files. If you are wishing to order the PDF/MP3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the PDF file only."The Art Of Successful Rhythm Piano/Keyboard Playing" by Andrew Gordon is for keyboardists and pianists that need a practical approach to play in various styles such as: Blues, Rock, Jazz, Latin, Gospel and Rhythm and Blues , whether accompanying a singer, solo instrumentalist or playing in a band. There are 19 different 36 measure examples showing many great ways of voicing chords and playing various rhythmic patterns. The recording consists of rhythm keyboard part, organ, bass and drums so that you can hear how the rhythm keyboard part is played in conjunction with the other instruments. Free downloadable audio mp3 files details inside the book.The London College of Music in the U.K. is currently using examples from "The Art of Successful Rhythm Keyboard Playing" in their jazz program as part of their recommended learning materials from grade 3 through grade 8.

Customer CommentThis book really fills a spot in the market that has been neglected for too long. Unlike the guitar, the piano doesn't lend itself easily for just punching out a rhythm over a set of chord changes. Take a tune like a Beatles or Rolling Stones tune, give someone a guitar and within a few weeks they are strumming the chords for someone to sing to.

Not so with the piano. After a few weeks that student is struggling to play the melody in the right hand whilst playing something in the left hand - chords or a bass line - to fill it out. If someone at the party were to say, " Let's play such and such. It's got the same chords," the guitarist would be right in there but the pianist would be stumped.

Unfortunately this is a situation that piano teaching methods have never addressed. Even some advanced pianists get stuck when they're asked to lay down a groove.

This book goes a long way towards addressing the problem, and a pianist will feel a lot more comfortable at a jam session after having spent some time in its pages,

It starts off with a boogie in F major and covers som gospel, blues, jazz, R&R. I would encourage my students to treat this book as a jumping off point: when you find a groove you like, work out some of your own with the aim being to improvise a comp whenever it suits you.